LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Teacher Education: Practical Strategies for ITE and Early Career Support - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1806869128 ISBN 13 : 9781806869121

Editeur : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2026

Synopsis

In a rapidly evolving educational landscape, LGBTQ+ beginning teachers still face systemic challenges, including heteronormative school cultures, lack of representation, and inconsistent institutional support. LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Teacher Education is the essential guide for transforming teacher education and early career support into truly inclusive, affirming practice.

In four distinct parts, the book guides readers from entry into the profession, through mentoring and identity development, to inclusive pedagogy and, finally, the systems of leadership, policy and school culture that shape long-term belonging and progression.

Rooted in research but practice led, the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ teachers and teacher educators provide a vivid account of navigating Initial Teacher Education as a beginning teacher. Together, the chapters show that LGBTQ+ inclusion must not be an optional add-on, but a foundational element of teacher education and school leadership.

Across the four sections, each author demonstrates how early choices, professional relationships, classroom practice and institutional structures collectively enable or constrain LGBTQ+ teachers, while equipping readers with research informed strategies to build more inclusive, affirming and sustainable educational environments.

Whether you are a beginning teacher, teacher educator, school leader or mentor, LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Teacher Education equips you to create affirming environments where all educators, and by extension, all pupils, can thrive. In a time when LGBTQ+ rights and representation in education are increasingly politicised, this is a timely, hopeful roadmap for lasting change.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Adam Brett is Researcher and Lecturer in Education at the University of Derby, UK.

Catherine Lee MBE is Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University, UK.

Rhiannon Love is Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Education at the University of Winchester, UK.

Julie Wharton is Senior Lecturer at the University of Winchester, UK.

Gary Pykitt is Senior Lecturer in Primary Initial Teacher Education at Birmingham City University, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1806869128
• ISBN 13: 9781806869121
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Éditeur: Brett Adam, Lee MBE Catherine, Love Rhiannon, Wharton Julie, Pykitt Gary
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible